The Regent's Palace in the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Inside the council chamber!
"The situation is terrible!" Lin Mo sat in the middle, looking at the sand table in the center, his brows furrowed.
“Eastern Pango, Northern Yi, Dashi, and Qiuzi.” Yao Guangxiao pointed at the sand table. “Their troops have already assembled at the border and could invade at any time. Your Highness, I mean a full-scale invasion.”
"No need to emphasize, I know!" Lin Mo replied. "Mr. Yao! Have you figured out the military strength of each of the four kingdoms, who their commanders are, and their personalities and characteristics?"
He Xiao personally led the team to kill members of the Lone Wolf organization. Currently, Mr. Yao is in the capital.
"Your Highness, we have ascertained everything!" the old man replied. "The commander of the Dongpan tribe, Uesugi Kenkatsu, whom the Dongpan tribe calls the Dragon of Echizen, leads an army of 330,000 men, divided into three routes, and is gathering on the eastern border of Ji.
The Qiuzi army, led by their emperor Ameng, has split into two routes with a total strength of approximately 350,000, and has already entered Shu territory. This route is the most likely enemy to be encountered first.
The Abbasid Caliphate's commander-in-chief, Harun Abbas, is currently assembling an army of 210,000 north of the Crack in the Sky. Your Highness need not worry too much about this journey; as for why, I will not elaborate.
Finally, there are the Northern Barbarians, whose total military strength will be around 250,000.
However, Your Highness should wait until the Old Madam and Lord Sun return to the capital before asking them directly about the news from this journey!
"Thirty-two, thirty-five, twenty-one, two hundred thousand, adding up to one million nine thousand."
Good heavens!
This is only assuming that these countries ensure domestic stability.
If we mobilized the entire nation's resources like the Dossians did, we would probably have an army of two million!
Lin Mo narrowed his eyes. "So the biggest threat right now comes from Dongpango and Qiuzi!" he said. "What about the Feng clan chieftain? Can my father-in-law handle that?"
"It should last for about six months!" Yao Guangxiao replied.
"What do you mean by 'can last for half a year'?" Lin Mo suddenly sensed something was wrong.
Yao Guangxiao stammered, "Your Highness, you don't know this." He said, "Your father-in-law... gave the position of chieftain to his eldest son!"
"Hmm?" Lin Mo pressed, "And then?"
“After he abdicated, he went into seclusion,” Yao Guangxiao explained. “After that, the relationship between him and his son deteriorated. As a result, the old chieftain Su planned to depose his eldest son and install his second son as chieftain instead.”
But for the past six months, I've been hesitant and indecisive.
"Keep going," Lin Mo urged.
Yao Guangxiao frowned. "Later, his eldest son learned of this and decided to strike first. He assembled an army of eight thousand men, intending to kill the old chieftain Su..."
Afterwards, Chief Su made up his mind to depose his eldest son, so he gathered an army of five thousand men to fight against him.
When I left Xichuan City, their troops were in a stalemate.
"Damn it! You damned fiend monk, do you believe I'll cut off your bald head and use it as a football?" Lin Mo said angrily. "Why didn't you say something so important earlier?"
If I remember correctly, Su Zhongxiang's eldest son did not think highly of Lin Mo.
When she went to propose marriage, this guy was clearly at home, but he refused to come and see her.
If this guy succeeds to the position of chieftain, he'll most likely cause trouble.
“Your Highness, the position of Tusi is a family matter. Why should we interfere?” Yao Guangxiao spread his small hands.
"Yeah, that makes a lot of sense!" Lin Mo almost laughed in anger. "Powerful countries don't interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and you're going down the path of peaceful modernization? Are you a UN ambassador?!"
“Your Highness, I forgot to remind you,” Yao Guangxiao added, “Xichuan City only has tens of thousands of elite troops. If we send troops to help Su Zhongxiang, how will we withstand Qiu Zi’s army?”
It should be noted that the Feng clan chieftain also had nearly 20,000 troops.
Upon hearing this, Lin Mo immediately frowned.
The Feng clan chieftain had a close relationship with Su Zhongxiang's eldest son, and during this internal strife within the Su clan, the eldest son must have received assistance from the Feng clan chieftain.
All told, the enemy has more than 20,000 troops. Even if Ran Min were to lead the troops, he is not familiar with jungle warfare!
When forces are evenly matched, fighting is not a good idea.
“The evil monk did the right thing by not getting involved in that mess!” Lin Mo thought helplessly. “To Yao Guangxiao, Su Zhongxiang was just an ally, an ally with little power.”
He was Lin Mo's father-in-law, but only a father-in-law. Faced with a conflict of interest, Yao Guangxiao had to sacrifice a pawn to save the king.
"Qing'er, does she know?" Lin Mo couldn't help but ask.
"Does Your Highness want her to know?" Yao Guangxiao asked in return.
"Damn it, you wicked monk!" Lin Mo was clearly exasperated. "Can Ran Min withstand Qiu Zi's army?" He deliberately changed the subject.
"It's hard to say!" Yao Guangxiao said. "He's not Bai Qi; he doesn't have the strength of General Bai!"
Lin Mo tapped the sand table in front of him with his fingers, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Tell Bai Qi that if necessary, abandon the Dos Grassland and Tianshui City, and give full support to Xichuan City!" he announced.
Xichuan City is the system's designated capital city; once it falls, the entire system will be destroyed.
In that case, what's the point of Lin Mo playing around?
If the Arabs want the Dos grasslands, give them to them.
The biggest problem right now is not that he can't defeat these countries, but that although Lin Mo has the system, he has enemies in the east, west, and north, and he simply can't be in two places at once.
At the same time, Lin Mo was somewhat forced into this rebellion.
Whether it was agriculture, construction, or military training, many things were left undone. The Empress pressed on relentlessly, which ultimately led to the rebellion!
After that, whether it was Lin Mo's true intentions or the interference of the system, the Empress was killed, and the Great Xia Dynasty was thrown into complete chaos.
As the regent, Lin Mo's primary task is to end the chaotic situation.
During this period, one troublesome thing after another kept Lin Mo busy.
These four countries, seeing the chaos in the Great Xia, took advantage of the situation and attempted to divide it up.
At this moment, Lin Mo had a strong urge to go all out, wipe out Wei Maozhen and Li Hu's entire clan, get one million points, exchange them for a million soldiers, summon the mythical Xiang Yu, and wipe out the entire world in a year!
Take a deep breath, adjust your breathing, and bring your thoughts back to the present.
(Don't act impulsively, or you'll end up as a mindless killing machine, which isn't so appealing!)
"When will my mother and Lord Sun return?" Lin Mo continued to ask.
"In the next few days, I'll do it!" Mr. Yao replied.
"Then pass down the order to assemble all troops. Once the problem with the Northern Barbarians is resolved, we will send troops to Jidong and wipe out those damned Dongpango!" Lin Mo roared. "Damn their lives!"
"You're always jumping around on Earth, and now you've come to this world? I'll wipe you out first!"
Lin Mo's strategy was simple: after setting up a defense, no matter how many routes you came from, I would only go one way.
"Your Highness, what about the internal strife in the Great Xia?" Yao Guangxiao pressed.
"It's up to you, Zhang He!" Lin Mo waved his hand. "If you can't even handle this little problem, you shouldn't be my prime minister!"
"Damn it, it's me again?" Yao Guangxiao panicked.
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